SEMH Personal Development Assistant

SEMH Personal Development Assistant

35 hours per week term time only

Band 5 + SEN Allowance

Term time only salary including SEN Allowance: £18,630 - £20,003

(FTE £22,708 - £24,419) - Pay award pending

Littlegreen Academy is seeking to appoint a proactive, resilient, and creative Personal Development Assistant to join their pastoral team.

Littlegreen Academy is a SEMH for boys aged 7 – 16 years, a short drive from Horndean, Canfield and Rowlands Castle. Littlegreen became a member of Solent Academies Trust on 1st January 2019. Solent Academies Trust are an outstanding trust and learning community which includes Mary Rose Academy, Cliffdale Primary Academy and Redwood Park Academy. The Trust has a successful track record of developing and supporting staff to make sure you gain the skills and experience to enable our pupils to achieve great things.

At Littlegreen Academy the welfare of our pupils is paramount to them succeeding!

We are looking for an individual who has knowledge of adverse childhood experiences and the effect this can have on them. You must be able to recognise the importance of removing barriers, working with pupils individually, outside of the classroom and providing supportive interventions in a calm, respectful and caring manner. You will be emotionally resilient, flexible, innovative, forward thinking and a team player with a good sense of humour.

You will want to build excellent relationships with our pupils, while being compassionate to their needs, with a desire understand them wholly.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Academy Trust!

By joining the Littlegreen Academy team, we offer you:

• SEN Allowance, which increases after 3 and 5 years of service
• Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development
• The opportunity to be part of an innovative and forward thinking Trust
• Superb resources
• A happy, committed and supportive community
• Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
• 20.7% employer pension contribution
• Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
• Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
• Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Increase of paid weeks after 5 years of service from 45.1 weeks to 45.9 weeks
• CPD opportunities to support Career development
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Referral Scheme

The hours for this role are Monday – Wednesday 8.15am – 3.50pm, Thursday 8.15am – 3.20pm, fortnightly until 4.20pm for CPD sessions and 8.15am – 2.35pm on a Friday. You will work for 39 weeks of the year; however, you will be paid for 45.1 weeks. Your salary will be paid over 12 months of the year.

For more details please visit our website http://solent-trust.net

Please complete a Solent Academies Trust application form accompanied by a letter of application. In your letter, please describe the contribution you feel you can make to our school.

For any questions or to submit your application, please email our HR team recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info

Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.

Closing date for applications is Thursday 30th March 2023

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 19th April 2023

Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.